Report: Too many whites, men leading military
By Pauline Jelinek - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 7, 2011 15:09:55 EST
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.
Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in the active-duty military are white, while only 8 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 16 percent are women, the report by an independent panel said, quoting data from September 2008....
Perhaps 50 or 60 years ago there was truly some serious discrimination going on in the military. However, today I really believe it to be one of the most color blind institutions in the country. If white males are at the top of the ladder, then white males must be earning those spots.
And sorry, if women are naive enough to think they can handle combat jobs, there are seriously misguided. The issue isn't their strength or skill sets, (although that certainly could be a question) the issue is the problems it would/will cause among the men. Putting a woman in the middle of nowhere in a group of majority men who haven't seen a woman not wearing a burka in months, isn't safe. Am I saying our servicemembers are rapists or predators? As a whole, no. However, there are scumbags in any walk of life, and to tempt fate is not a good idea.
Howbout the fights it would cause among the guys? I've seen what happens in a bar with a bunch of guys when one woman walks in. Stupidity reigns.
The military is no place for political correctness.
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